The Couriers

There's no long range communication, so couriers are the only way to deliver messages

very neutral train merchants, nomadic, use PRT transport information and goods throughout the wasteland

During negotiations between two hostile factions (e.g. raiders & scavengers), people would call on the Couriers to deliver messages

Claim neutrality, and most the time follow it... but there's always some cracks: corruption, etc

Because they make themselves useful to powerful factions, the Union often can't go directly against the Couriers

Often hires scavengers/raiders as caravan guards

Plot hook: an important package went missing, go find it

NPC: information broker. Not as neutral as doctrine says they should be

HQ: a nomadic super-train

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